Jessie Porter (1884-1965)was born in Strabane Township near Inkster, ND, the third child and only daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Porter. Grandfather Porter, a canny Scot, recognizing the importance of a location near a railroad and a town, purchased a farm one and one-half miles north of Gilby, ND and moved his family to that site in the late eighteen hundreds. Jessie and her four brothers attended the Gilby School; and later she received her teaching certificate from the University of North Dakota. Thus began a teaching career that brought her in the fall of 1909 to the West End School District located five miles west of Larimore. After completing two terms of teaching, she and Gustav Larson were married at her parent's farm home near Gilby on October 13, 1911. The newlywed couple made their home on a farm just south of the West End School. From the north window of that little white frame house the former teacher who had a great respect for the importance of education, watched the growth and progress of that school for almost forty years.
Gust passed away in 1948 after which Jessie moved to Larimore where she lived until her death in 1965. The house from their farmstead was moved and the remaining buildings tore down and the land is now farm land.
Gust passed away in 1948 after which Jessie moved to Larimore where she lived until her death in 1965. The house from their farmstead was moved and the remaining buildings tore down and the land is now farm land.
Jessie Porter (1884-1965)was born in Strabane Township near Inkster, ND, the third child and only daughter of Thomas and Eleanor Porter. Grandfather Porter, a canny Scot, recognizing the importance of a location near a railroad and a town, purchased a farm one and one-half miles north of Gilby, ND and moved his family to that site in the late eighteen hundreds. Jessie and her four brothers attended the Gilby School; and later she received her teaching certificate from the University of North Dakota. Thus began a teaching career that brought her in the fall of 1909 to the West End School District located five miles west of Larimore. After completing two terms of teaching, she and Gustav Larson were married at her parent's farm home near Gilby on October 13, 1911. The newlywed couple made their home on a farm just south of the West End School. From the north window of that little white frame house the former teacher who had a great respect for the importance of education, watched the growth and progress of that school for almost forty years.
Gust passed away in 1948 after which Jessie moved to Larimore where she lived until her death in 1965. The house from their farmstead was moved and the remaining buildings tore down and the land is now farm land.
Gust passed away in 1948 after which Jessie moved to Larimore where she lived until her death in 1965. The house from their farmstead was moved and the remaining buildings tore down and the land is now farm land.
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